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children

[chil-druhn] / ˈtʃɪl drən /






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“If parents aren’t going to hold their children accountable, then I am going to hold parents accountable for hurting and killing innocent people while riding illegal motor vehicles,” Spitzer said in the statement.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

"This is not something I want to forget, because it's a story that I'm going to definitely want to tell my children one day," he said.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Having a different amount of paid time off as your partner, though, can affect how you work, vacation and raise children.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

Marriages are themselves a kind of shared enterprise, but they thrive on collaborative projects such as children, a house, a dog or two, or a mutual passion for medieval music.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

One of the children kicked a tall blue-blue, sending the fungus reeling through the air.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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